1 //===- LowerExpectIntrinsic.cpp - Lower expect intrinsic ------------------===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 // This pass lowers the 'expect' intrinsic to LLVM metadata.
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LowerExpectIntrinsic.h"
14 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
15 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
16 #include "llvm/ADT/iterator_range.h"
17 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
18 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/MDBuilder.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
25 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
27 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
28 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
32 #define DEBUG_TYPE "lower-expect-intrinsic"
34 STATISTIC(ExpectIntrinsicsHandled
,
35 "Number of 'expect' intrinsic instructions handled");
37 // These default values are chosen to represent an extremely skewed outcome for
38 // a condition, but they leave some room for interpretation by later passes.
40 // If the documentation for __builtin_expect() was made explicit that it should
41 // only be used in extreme cases, we could make this ratio higher. As it stands,
42 // programmers may be using __builtin_expect() / llvm.expect to annotate that a
43 // branch is likely or unlikely to be taken.
45 // There is a known dependency on this ratio in CodeGenPrepare when transforming
46 // 'select' instructions. It may be worthwhile to hoist these values to some
47 // shared space, so they can be used directly by other passes.
49 static cl::opt
<uint32_t> LikelyBranchWeight(
50 "likely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden
, cl::init(2000),
51 cl::desc("Weight of the branch likely to be taken (default = 2000)"));
52 static cl::opt
<uint32_t> UnlikelyBranchWeight(
53 "unlikely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden
, cl::init(1),
54 cl::desc("Weight of the branch unlikely to be taken (default = 1)"));
56 static bool handleSwitchExpect(SwitchInst
&SI
) {
57 CallInst
*CI
= dyn_cast
<CallInst
>(SI
.getCondition());
61 Function
*Fn
= CI
->getCalledFunction();
62 if (!Fn
|| Fn
->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect
)
65 Value
*ArgValue
= CI
->getArgOperand(0);
66 ConstantInt
*ExpectedValue
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(CI
->getArgOperand(1));
70 SwitchInst::CaseHandle Case
= *SI
.findCaseValue(ExpectedValue
);
71 unsigned n
= SI
.getNumCases(); // +1 for default case.
72 SmallVector
<uint32_t, 16> Weights(n
+ 1, UnlikelyBranchWeight
);
74 if (Case
== *SI
.case_default())
75 Weights
[0] = LikelyBranchWeight
;
77 Weights
[Case
.getCaseIndex() + 1] = LikelyBranchWeight
;
79 SI
.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof
,
80 MDBuilder(CI
->getContext()).createBranchWeights(Weights
));
82 SI
.setCondition(ArgValue
);
86 /// Handler for PHINodes that define the value argument to an
87 /// @llvm.expect call.
89 /// If the operand of the phi has a constant value and it 'contradicts'
90 /// with the expected value of phi def, then the corresponding incoming
91 /// edge of the phi is unlikely to be taken. Using that information,
92 /// the branch probability info for the originating branch can be inferred.
93 static void handlePhiDef(CallInst
*Expect
) {
94 Value
&Arg
= *Expect
->getArgOperand(0);
95 ConstantInt
*ExpectedValue
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(Expect
->getArgOperand(1));
98 const APInt
&ExpectedPhiValue
= ExpectedValue
->getValue();
100 // Walk up in backward a list of instructions that
101 // have 'copy' semantics by 'stripping' the copies
102 // until a PHI node or an instruction of unknown kind
103 // is reached. Negation via xor is also handled.
108 // D = __builtin_expect(A, 0);
111 SmallVector
<Instruction
*, 4> Operations
;
112 while (!isa
<PHINode
>(V
)) {
113 if (ZExtInst
*ZExt
= dyn_cast
<ZExtInst
>(V
)) {
114 V
= ZExt
->getOperand(0);
115 Operations
.push_back(ZExt
);
119 if (SExtInst
*SExt
= dyn_cast
<SExtInst
>(V
)) {
120 V
= SExt
->getOperand(0);
121 Operations
.push_back(SExt
);
125 BinaryOperator
*BinOp
= dyn_cast
<BinaryOperator
>(V
);
126 if (!BinOp
|| BinOp
->getOpcode() != Instruction::Xor
)
129 ConstantInt
*CInt
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(BinOp
->getOperand(1));
133 V
= BinOp
->getOperand(0);
134 Operations
.push_back(BinOp
);
137 // Executes the recorded operations on input 'Value'.
138 auto ApplyOperations
= [&](const APInt
&Value
) {
139 APInt Result
= Value
;
140 for (auto Op
: llvm::reverse(Operations
)) {
141 switch (Op
->getOpcode()) {
142 case Instruction::Xor
:
143 Result
^= cast
<ConstantInt
>(Op
->getOperand(1))->getValue();
145 case Instruction::ZExt
:
146 Result
= Result
.zext(Op
->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth());
148 case Instruction::SExt
:
149 Result
= Result
.sext(Op
->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth());
152 llvm_unreachable("Unexpected operation");
158 auto *PhiDef
= dyn_cast
<PHINode
>(V
);
160 // Get the first dominating conditional branch of the operand
161 // i's incoming block.
162 auto GetDomConditional
= [&](unsigned i
) -> BranchInst
* {
163 BasicBlock
*BB
= PhiDef
->getIncomingBlock(i
);
164 BranchInst
*BI
= dyn_cast
<BranchInst
>(BB
->getTerminator());
165 if (BI
&& BI
->isConditional())
167 BB
= BB
->getSinglePredecessor();
170 BI
= dyn_cast
<BranchInst
>(BB
->getTerminator());
171 if (!BI
|| BI
->isUnconditional())
176 // Now walk through all Phi operands to find phi oprerands with values
177 // conflicting with the expected phi output value. Any such operand
178 // indicates the incoming edge to that operand is unlikely.
179 for (unsigned i
= 0, e
= PhiDef
->getNumIncomingValues(); i
!= e
; ++i
) {
181 Value
*PhiOpnd
= PhiDef
->getIncomingValue(i
);
182 ConstantInt
*CI
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(PhiOpnd
);
186 // Not an interesting case when IsUnlikely is false -- we can not infer
187 // anything useful when the operand value matches the expected phi
189 if (ExpectedPhiValue
== ApplyOperations(CI
->getValue()))
192 BranchInst
*BI
= GetDomConditional(i
);
196 MDBuilder
MDB(PhiDef
->getContext());
198 // There are two situations in which an operand of the PhiDef comes
199 // from a given successor of a branch instruction BI.
200 // 1) When the incoming block of the operand is the successor block;
201 // 2) When the incoming block is BI's enclosing block and the
202 // successor is the PhiDef's enclosing block.
204 // Returns true if the operand which comes from OpndIncomingBB
205 // comes from outgoing edge of BI that leads to Succ block.
206 auto *OpndIncomingBB
= PhiDef
->getIncomingBlock(i
);
207 auto IsOpndComingFromSuccessor
= [&](BasicBlock
*Succ
) {
208 if (OpndIncomingBB
== Succ
)
209 // If this successor is the incoming block for this
210 // Phi operand, then this successor does lead to the Phi.
212 if (OpndIncomingBB
== BI
->getParent() && Succ
== PhiDef
->getParent())
213 // Otherwise, if the edge is directly from the branch
214 // to the Phi, this successor is the one feeding this
220 if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI
->getSuccessor(1)))
222 LLVMContext::MD_prof
,
223 MDB
.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeight
, UnlikelyBranchWeight
));
224 else if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI
->getSuccessor(0)))
226 LLVMContext::MD_prof
,
227 MDB
.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeight
, LikelyBranchWeight
));
231 // Handle both BranchInst and SelectInst.
232 template <class BrSelInst
> static bool handleBrSelExpect(BrSelInst
&BSI
) {
234 // Handle non-optimized IR code like:
235 // %expval = call i64 @llvm.expect.i64(i64 %conv1, i64 1)
236 // %tobool = icmp ne i64 %expval, 0
237 // br i1 %tobool, label %if.then, label %if.end
239 // Or the following simpler case:
240 // %expval = call i1 @llvm.expect.i1(i1 %cmp, i1 1)
241 // br i1 %expval, label %if.then, label %if.end
245 ICmpInst
*CmpI
= dyn_cast
<ICmpInst
>(BSI
.getCondition());
246 CmpInst::Predicate Predicate
;
247 ConstantInt
*CmpConstOperand
= nullptr;
249 CI
= dyn_cast
<CallInst
>(BSI
.getCondition());
250 Predicate
= CmpInst::ICMP_NE
;
252 Predicate
= CmpI
->getPredicate();
253 if (Predicate
!= CmpInst::ICMP_NE
&& Predicate
!= CmpInst::ICMP_EQ
)
256 CmpConstOperand
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(CmpI
->getOperand(1));
257 if (!CmpConstOperand
)
259 CI
= dyn_cast
<CallInst
>(CmpI
->getOperand(0));
265 uint64_t ValueComparedTo
= 0;
266 if (CmpConstOperand
) {
267 if (CmpConstOperand
->getBitWidth() > 64)
269 ValueComparedTo
= CmpConstOperand
->getZExtValue();
272 Function
*Fn
= CI
->getCalledFunction();
273 if (!Fn
|| Fn
->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect
)
276 Value
*ArgValue
= CI
->getArgOperand(0);
277 ConstantInt
*ExpectedValue
= dyn_cast
<ConstantInt
>(CI
->getArgOperand(1));
281 MDBuilder
MDB(CI
->getContext());
284 if ((ExpectedValue
->getZExtValue() == ValueComparedTo
) ==
285 (Predicate
== CmpInst::ICMP_EQ
))
286 Node
= MDB
.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeight
, UnlikelyBranchWeight
);
288 Node
= MDB
.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeight
, LikelyBranchWeight
);
290 BSI
.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof
, Node
);
293 CmpI
->setOperand(0, ArgValue
);
295 BSI
.setCondition(ArgValue
);
299 static bool handleBranchExpect(BranchInst
&BI
) {
300 if (BI
.isUnconditional())
303 return handleBrSelExpect
<BranchInst
>(BI
);
306 static bool lowerExpectIntrinsic(Function
&F
) {
307 bool Changed
= false;
309 for (BasicBlock
&BB
: F
) {
310 // Create "block_weights" metadata.
311 if (BranchInst
*BI
= dyn_cast
<BranchInst
>(BB
.getTerminator())) {
312 if (handleBranchExpect(*BI
))
313 ExpectIntrinsicsHandled
++;
314 } else if (SwitchInst
*SI
= dyn_cast
<SwitchInst
>(BB
.getTerminator())) {
315 if (handleSwitchExpect(*SI
))
316 ExpectIntrinsicsHandled
++;
319 // Remove llvm.expect intrinsics. Iterate backwards in order
320 // to process select instructions before the intrinsic gets
322 for (auto BI
= BB
.rbegin(), BE
= BB
.rend(); BI
!= BE
;) {
323 Instruction
*Inst
= &*BI
++;
324 CallInst
*CI
= dyn_cast
<CallInst
>(Inst
);
326 if (SelectInst
*SI
= dyn_cast
<SelectInst
>(Inst
)) {
327 if (handleBrSelExpect(*SI
))
328 ExpectIntrinsicsHandled
++;
333 Function
*Fn
= CI
->getCalledFunction();
334 if (Fn
&& Fn
->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::expect
) {
335 // Before erasing the llvm.expect, walk backward to find
336 // phi that define llvm.expect's first arg, and
337 // infer branch probability:
339 Value
*Exp
= CI
->getArgOperand(0);
340 CI
->replaceAllUsesWith(Exp
);
341 CI
->eraseFromParent();
350 PreservedAnalyses
LowerExpectIntrinsicPass::run(Function
&F
,
351 FunctionAnalysisManager
&) {
352 if (lowerExpectIntrinsic(F
))
353 return PreservedAnalyses::none();
355 return PreservedAnalyses::all();
359 /// Legacy pass for lowering expect intrinsics out of the IR.
361 /// When this pass is run over a function it uses expect intrinsics which feed
362 /// branches and switches to provide branch weight metadata for those
363 /// terminators. It then removes the expect intrinsics from the IR so the rest
364 /// of the optimizer can ignore them.
365 class LowerExpectIntrinsic
: public FunctionPass
{
368 LowerExpectIntrinsic() : FunctionPass(ID
) {
369 initializeLowerExpectIntrinsicPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
372 bool runOnFunction(Function
&F
) override
{ return lowerExpectIntrinsic(F
); }
376 char LowerExpectIntrinsic::ID
= 0;
377 INITIALIZE_PASS(LowerExpectIntrinsic
, "lower-expect",
378 "Lower 'expect' Intrinsics", false, false)
380 FunctionPass
*llvm::createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass() {
381 return new LowerExpectIntrinsic();